January 6, 2013Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
The Lost Dogs’ Home is celebrating a very exciting, landmark event – the completion of our newly constructed $2.35 million The Lost Cats’ Home. Since the Domestic Animals Act was introduced in 1996, there has been a huge increase in the number of cats and kittens being admitted to the Home. Councils began to implement […]
Continue readingJanuary 6, 2013Comments are closed.adoptions, Lost Dogs Home, resistance
The Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne are currently running a ‘half-price’ adoption promotion. It has also been the Christmas school holidays – the busiest time in rescue for stray collections, surrenders and adoptions. Since Monday 24th December (Christmas eve), for two weeks, until Sunday 6th Jan (14 days) the following ‘bully breed’ dogs have […]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Just when you think they’ve got all the cake, they go and take some more. The Lost Dogs Home are celebrating some bully breed owners. No really… Louise and Kane had been thinking of getting a second dog for a little while. They already had a lovely brindle Staffy called Martha, and thought that she […]
Continue readingDecember 28, 2012Comments are closed.attitude, Lost Dogs Home, No Kill, resistance
The Lost Dogs’ Home general manager of operations, Sue Conroy, said fewer than half of the 267 dogs lost in the last fortnight had been returned to their owners. (via the Herald Sun) And yet despite the fact over 90% of intakes are via the Home’s own vehicles, the Lost Dogs Home maintains it wouldn’t […]
Continue readingDecember 21, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, RSPCA
“If a dog were to meet every one of the criteria as set out in the standard, it would be a perfect example of an American Pit Bull Terrier. It is however unlikely that such a dog exists. Conversely it is likely that all or most dogs would meet at least some of the criteria […]
Continue readingDecember 7, 2012Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
A photo taken by a journalist at the Lost Dogs Home in the 1980’s. Twenty years on, the convenience killing continues… The Lost Dogs Home’s 2011/12 Annual Report is out (thanks for the tip T!), and it again confirms that this organisation is a disaster for Victoria’s pets. The organisation’s main income stream is offering […]
Continue readingDecember 1, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Hume City Council have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of local taxpayer’s money, seizing, impounding, holding and seeking to destroy dogs who have done nothing wrong, but who simply look a certain way. In some cases they’ve won their cases in the courts. Case outcomes are based on how each dog physically looks – […]
Continue readingNovember 20, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
When Dean Nicholson’s cat Bubba escaped through his front door, he searched desperately to find her. He door-knocked, put up posters and spent $500 on a pet detective. A neighbour came forward as having trapped Bubba, with the responding ranger delivering her to the Lost Dogs Home. Now, Bubba was a desexed, fifteen year old […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
An update re: the Melbourne City Council/LDH pound tender. Thanks to public criticism of their high kill rates, the The Lost Dogs’ Home have lost the tender (even though the organisations sits within the Melbourne council boundary). It is an embarrassment for an organisations which defends killing and a win for the pets. From Rescued […]
Continue readingNovember 8, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
The faceless dog “The Lost Dogs’ Home has had quite a high number of dogs arrive at the shelter over the long weekend, especially after the storms yesterday! If you have lost your dog and think they may have been brought to The Lost Dogs’ Home, please come to the shelter and take a look, […]
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